Thursday, November 9 2006
No Wait Wait: About You
The dark About You is at its best when it mixes fragile country-rock in with the bigger pop-rock sound.
Wednesday, November 8 2006
Sol’Jibe: Marinero
Do not write these guys off just because they are a world music jam-band from Las Vegas; they are actually really good, quite ambitious, and…
The Carolina Chocolate Drops: Dona Got a Ramblin Mind
This young trio is dedicated to carrying on the traditions of the African-American fiddle and banjo music that hails, as they do, from the piedmont of North Carolina.
Isis + Aereogramme: In The Fishtank 14
In their ongoing In the Fishtank series, the good people at Konkurrent have once again brought together two unlikely bands for a collaborative recording. In…
Chamellows: Rat Hearts
It's the sound of decay, and of deliberate destruction; it's the musical equivalent of those artworks for which the artist draws a picture and then scribbles over it, or piles up an assemblage of rubbish and branches.
Tuesday, November 7 2006
The Defectors: Give In And Creep Out With The Defectors
If you own the Defectors’ 2004 release, Turn Me On!, you’d be forgiven for thinking you were experienceing deja vu while reading about Give In…
Ronnie Day: The Album
Ronnie Day’s second album is along the lines of fellow younger musicians like Teddy Geiger. But it doesn’t distract from the fact he can pen…
The Bird and the Bee: Again and Again and Again and Again
Gorgeous and easy female-vocal pop debut EP bodes well for the 2007 full-length.
Feathers: Synchromy
This mixture of solid groove and irregular sounds almost becomes as good as it keeps suggesting it could be.
Various Artists: Live at the Cedar
All of the tracks were recorded at Cedar concerts and none of them sound as if they've been thrown in just to get a famous name on the cover.
Monday, November 6 2006
Buffalo Killers: Buffalo Killers
Buffalo Killers' music is mired in a style that makes you think there is something wrong with the speed of the album.
Yip-Yip: In the Reptile House
The goggled wonders actually put out a CD that has memorable style and memorable music!
Dirty Projectors: New Attitude EP
The seven new attitudes on display here seem to maintain a vague veneer of folk, but also lurch between electronic blip accompaniment, noisy backup vocal arrangements, sudden falsetto, oozing cello drone, scratchy keys-and-flute jams, and operatic orchestration reminiscent of the last full-length.
The Channel: Tales From the Two Hill Heart / Sibylline Machine
In the absence of the Elephant 6 collective, the Channel turn out to be pretty likable.
Sunday, November 5 2006
Friday, November 3 2006
Steffen Basho-Junghans: Late Summer Morning
German painter and fingerpicker spins sunny landscapes on steel-string guitar, drawing on folk, blues and raga styles.
